secretary of state clinton said last weekend, trope -- troops being back afghan a tax regrets the transition is on track. the afghans are increasingly standing up for their own security and future. >> u.s. combat forces are still said to be out of afghanistan in 2014. tonight, u.s. commanders say they are ordering special precautions to protect american forces from any backlash. steve handelsman, wbal-tv 11 news. >> there is no danger of any flooding, but is the wettest that we have had around here in quite some time. you have to go back to the end of march to find a day when we had this much rain. it is the first measurable rain at bwi marshall airport in weeks. a couple of days ago it was 90 degrees. this afternoon, mostly in the 50's across the region with the wet weather coming down. we will get a little more of it as we go through the night. the showers will track up out of virginia. some much-needed rain falling in the mid-atlantic region this afternoon. we are in for a couple of recent days, thursday and friday, but there is more rain in the forecast, coming up in just a bit. >> big n